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Fareed Zakaria Fareed Zakaria is the editor of Newsweek International, overseeing all Newsweek's editions abroad. He writes a regular column for Newsweek, which also appears in Newsweek International and often The Washington Post. He is a member of the roundtable of ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanapoulos" as well as an analyst for ABC News. And he is the host of a new weekly PBS show, "Foreign Exchange" which focuses on international affairs. His most recent book, "The Future of Freedom," was published in the spring of 2003 and was a New York Times bestseller and is being translated into eighteen languages. He is also the author of "From Wealth to Power: The Unusual Origins of America's World Role" (Princeton University Press), and co-editor of "The American Encounter: The United States and the Making of the Modern World" (Basic Books). Zakaria has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, The New Republic, and the webzine Slate. He has won several awards for his columns and essays, in particular for his October 2001 Newsweek cover story, "Why They Hate Us." In 1999, he was named "one of the 21 most important people of the 21st Century" by Esquire Magazine. Prior to being at Newsweek, Zakaria was managing editor of Foreign Affairs, the leading journal of international politics and economics. He has also taught international relations and political philosophy, in various capacities, at Harvard, Columbia, and Case Western universities. He currently serves on the boards of Yale University, the Trilateral Commission, and the Council of Foreign Relations among others. He received a B.A. from Yale and a Ph.D. in political science from Harvard. He lives in New York City with his wife, son and daughter.
Benjamin Zander World-renowned conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Benjamin Zander has been the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) since its formation twenty years ago. Mr. Zander, who was born and educated in England, began to compose at the age of nine. Since 1966, Mr. Zander has been on the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music, where he teaches graduate courses in interpretation and chamber music, conducts the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, and regularly conducts the Conservatory's Symphony Orchestra. He is also the artistic director of the music program at Walnut Hill, a boarding school for the training of highly accomplished young performing artists. In his twenty-eight years as conductor of the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, he has led the orchestra on twelve international tours, including a tour to Cuba and Mexico in 1999, Brazil in 1997, and to Argentina and Chile in 1995. A two-hour documentary of their 1995 tour, entitled A New World of Music, has won several prizes in prestigious film festivals, and was recently nominated for an Emmy Award. A recording of Mahler's Symphony No. 5, performed by the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra on its tour of Brazil, was released last year.
Bob Zellner A civil rights legend, Bob Zellner was a young white college student when in 1961 he became one of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee's (SNCC) first white staff membersѡnd eventually one of the last. A field secretary for SNCC in Mississippi, he worked there on behalf of the civil rights movement until the activist group broke up in 1970. Now almost thirty-five years later, Bob Zellner continues his efforts to tell the story of the racial hatred that pitted white against black in the deep South. He talks about his years with SNCC and the civil rights period emphasizing its relevance to racial incidents and the need for understanding and multicultural diversity on campuses and in society today.
Strauss Zelnick Media and Entertainment Executive As one of the only executives to have run every type of major media company including music, technology, film and television, Strauss Zelnick is a leading expert in all facets of the media industry. Under Zelnick's leadership, BMG Entertainment's success in North America included the remarkable ongoing performance of Arista Records, one of the world's leading record labels, and the establishment of RCA Records as one of the industry's hottest creative homes with acts like Christina Aguilera and the Dave Mathews Band. Before moving on to music and gaming, Zelnick began his media career in film. He was President of Vestron Inc. in 1987 when the company produced Dirty Dancing, the most successful independent film of the time. He went on to become President of 20th Century Fox, where he was involved with the hits Home Alone, War of the Roses and Sleeping with the Enemy. In his newest venture, ZelnickMedia, Zelnick is capitalizing on his varied breadth of experience to create a dynamic and diverse media company. ZelnickMedia is seeking out companies with strong operations and opportunities and helping them to succeed by infusing them with capital, management expertise and strategic direction.
Antony Zerbe Anthony Zerbe, the prominent actor who played Councillor Hamann in the blockbuster hit movie, The Matrix Reloaded and whose role is rumored to become even more prominent in the upcoming movie The Matrix Revolutions due out in November, is now available to lecture about The Matrix and its philosophy. Zerbe will also show footage from The Matrix Reloaded and other movies he has appeared in including the Star Trek movie and the James Bond movie. He is also available to do acting workshops and master classes. A fascinating, enlightening and enjoyable lecture.
Helen Zia Asian-American journalist and feminist, Helen Zia was the Executive Editor of Ms. magazine and served as President of the New York Asian American Journalists Association. Her leadership role in the landmark civil rights case was documented in the Academy Award nominated film, "Who Killed Vincent Chin?" She speaks on issues of concern to women, the gay community and the Asian American community.
Kristal Brent Zook Kristal Brent Zook, Ph.D., was born in Los Angeles and raised in an all-female household by her mother and grandmother, who are African American. Her father is Anglo American. She received a B.A. in English from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a Ph.D. from the History of Consciousness Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her work as a journalist and cultural reporter began in the mid-1990's when she wrote regularly about film, tv and books for the Village Voice and the LA Weekly. Her most recent book, I See Black People: Interviews with African American Owners of Radio and Television, will be published by Nation Books in February 2008. A collection of intimate and frank conversations with broadcast and cable owners, large and small, this book addresses via poignant recollections the mystery of why so few minorities and women own media outlets in America. Her previous book, Black Women's Lives: Stories of Power and Pain (Nation Books, 2006) contains investigative portraits of women across the country, of various ages and economic backgrounds, from a secretly biracial organic dairy farmer in Bakersfield, Vermont, to a corporate executive and president of SoftSheen/Carson in New York City. Black Women's Lives went into its third printing within the first year of publication. In 1999, Dr. Zook published her first book, Color By Fox: the Fox Network and the Revolution in Black Television, Oxford University Press, which took readers behind the scenes of popular African American television productions such as In Living Color, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Martin, New York Undercover, The Sinbad Show, Living Single, Roc, and South Central. The book revealed the internal dynamics that prevented certain depictions from appearing on air. Color By Fox is required reading in many college-level media and communications courses nationwide. Dr. Zook is currently a Contributing Writer with the Womens Media Center and Essence magazine and Associate Professor of Journalism at Hofstra University. She has produced and appeared as a commentator on National Public Radio and speaks regularly on college campuses and on national cable and broadcast outlets such as CNN, MSNBC, C-Span, MTV, Fox, and TV-One. Her print work has also appeared in publications such as The New York Times Sunday Magazine, The Washington Post, USA Weekend, Vibe, Savoy, Emerge, Honey, The Nation, The Source, Real Simple, The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, and other publications.
Mark Zupan Mark Zupan is the inspirational star of the documentary film Murderball and spokesman for the U.S. Quad Rugby Association's Team USA. Murderball chronicles the journey of the American quad rugby team to the 2004 Paralympics in Athens, where Zupan led his team to a bronze medal. A graduate of Georgia Tech and one of the most feared players in this extreme sport, Zupan is a hard-edged motivator who destroys stereotypes about people with all types of disabilities.
Alan Zweibel Alan ZweibelRenowned comedy writer: Saturday Night Live, Curb Your Enthusiasm, "700 Sundays" Alan Zweibel's career began writing and creating characters for the most legendary comedians of a generation: Gilda Radner, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Dan Akroyd, Steve Martin. That the setting was one of the most successful entertainment programs in television history and live made it all the more memorable.